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The moonlight battles the ssA .-
And the r1pplcs wash the sand.
me song Of our hsarts goes free
Down the shelving silver strand.
Neither Goddesses are We, nor women
Nor angels nor spirtts OF death:
And We breathe the sea spray for our brsah.
fhs god. love us not In heaven
me souls OF drowned mon In hsu
Curse us, from morn till evon,
For tho eongs We sing 10 we'll.
We neither alive nor dead
We know not Of death nor OF NE
sut ss bn NE q man "a ,ss o1s srssS
When the Mother Of all before the light,
Lsbared TO bring forth gods 70 Chaos
No mother had We In her bosom 20 lay u
TO dAndlc and fonde, caren us and nurse ID
For We sprang out Of moonlight and son - mist
And sing that the aaiors may love NJ ~
And die In the SONG OF tho Lips they have kiesd
In the thick darkness the ages moansd
When tho Mother travelled; the shapeleo ID,
1hs ssu e. fs,n ys Sns e :.ss 9: Il
Then the Mother laid hold on the pillar. Of night
And bowed herself and shrekod aloud, IL.
TIL the nrms mert rocked beneath her might
The broad black waste Of space was torn.
The arch OF heaven was burst 70 the day.
The sun lsapt up, and the gods were born,
And Chaos the father passed away e.
But rods and mon have bodies and sonia
they live and they know that their nvse afs sweet
While the dear sun shines and the blue tide rolls
While the heart Z full and shs Eus " - beat ,,.,
The bright vinxed birds and the nsh In the deep
Al Srink q shs water Of nfss clear fountain
p. Niaa,u oaiwro.n
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COMPLAINT AGAINST THE MAYOR
He Got It HimseIE. and OmeiaiIy sent Il to
the Bureau OF Eacambranees-

He Got II Himseif. and OMciaiIy sent Il to
the Bureau OF Eacambranees.
The other day Mayor Hewitt was reported
as saying. the topic Of conversation being the
charges that were to be made against the
police for their action at the Union square
meeting that complaints were forwarded to
him upon everV conceivable subject under tho
sun. and that recently he had to entertain
complaint against himself for violation OF the
municipal ordinances at his own house. Tho
Mayor said he had referred the complaint. as
he always did to tho proper authorities. 49,
on, what Is this town coming TOP OK
claimed the Mayor yesterday afternoon, when
asuN reporter asked him what The complaint
was and what the proper authorities had done
about IT, incidentally referred to the sub
isct ia talking with d man the other day,
That's the way it's getting to be now. First
theroll be o report, then thsre'll be an article,
then there'll DO an editorial, then tn ere come
cSning I'll the end q time: ! referred the
want to know; and the bureau reported thAs
there was no ground for the complaint w.
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! ton ssd let 70 ssain wac IKE The snap % I
pair Of pincers. Looking from tho bull's-oyg n
sssS ssdS Zee shs as wsss xsf S
had , DOZEN mustets, as many pixies. soy.
cabin. This was the schoonsrs REGULAR arms-
SSS sss Sss sySsJ ISiss s
senthalf the number back to the fqrecestle, from
Which they could 9pep the sttsek Of 9 signal.
ono no man could ever forget, II there was was
ose aSs nS port s src
They were twisted about cverythins and pull.
and BEING s and " %hipppsd about
II the. widest fashion, and. from the motion Of
es Sns 20 @ AID
have more than thirty seconds time to glance
around bSi9re three q four feelers shot Q. me
sfGn Wa. s Sss ,ps mos. horrs. form to pp.
s nc 70 70 anS
creatures would tlro themsoIyos out and 90
and moved about as softly as possible. .They
had come aboard Of us about o'clock IN the
sSonaR o snG hs Il sf hour M' *. " os6 s'es
81 the fact that almost everything movable had
Delaying pin. cspstan.bar stick Of firewoSd.
oar, or loose rope left on. board The scuttle-
T aS IL @
hRa when ssd
at sorts Of shapes as the Sorrid arms pulled at
them. The tarraulins had been torn. from the
%a
vsSta SsSs door
g
head until coaid see along Tie port rail-. dis.
and had their feeiers over the rail, some cling
noa1s a 81 x 1,f Raa @
az but restrained m a to wait for another
water on the rocky reef. had no doubt that Il
e s @
rattle mover saw before or after on q vessels
s1 s Che sSH with su StO
RI ssaS %sis Esd
tho damage. keeping . man on the lookout all
the time and We were thankful body Of men
When re g., an h was finally up and We were
As to the strength Of an octopus. will tell
the spice ielands.. There was yawl floating
of the beach. I was on the schooner talking
with the Captain. and his crew Of Ave mon
were all on deck. when an octopus rose on the
port side Of the yawl and flung three Of his ten
tacles Into Il. We saw everything from the
first move. The. arms. gliding about found
nothing 70 lay hold q, and then az 4 the oeto;
the yawl In q twinklin9. The water was not
over twelve feet there, and. getting hold on
the, rocks he pulled the yawl astern until he
broke the painter, which was new inch rope.
The strength displayed In that movement was
equal 70 that OF Q drauSht horse. but he was
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The Three Rockers.
Do,, the Yo,,tn's compdnSom.

Three rockers together rockin' SLOW.
On the east piazher, all In errow;
Whore are tho folks, yer want tar knowl
No answer comes, but the wind siRha loM
The old house Is gray with weather an time
The wellcurb IL m0ssy an green win shmes
Eihiers rattle an endless riy me-
Nobody's here, but the cheers rock slow.
II amt very long senco all In or row IT.
Three sisters sat rock in hero to and FRO
Knittn. couutin' from heel to toe.
Watchin' the bay whore sails come and 90
They watched an they waited day ftsr day
Not single ship sailed inter the bay;
. Joe's long comm, then they say,
" whales must be- sEeercs" an they all rocked slow.
But while they watched Mandy whitsned and shrank,
And Mercy Into strange siences sank.
And Marthy she looked old and lank:
" When viii Joe GOMEZ" an they rocked more slow.
Thsn Their come or day vhen an empty chair
Moved soft In tho wind BY the sister pair
year moro parsed and Mercy there
Sat watchln' two idle rockers blow,
Three rockers together. arockln' slow.
Not o soul In Their place to make en- 80:
Folks are dead. u yer want 70 know.
An the lonesome sea d rockin' Joel
". h wusIow.
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A Woman's Sens.
hmm fAa OIfppsr.


She took her song to beausy's ode,
There In the world, amidst the crowd.
She found out hearts by sorrow bowed;
And midst dream Of fights and dress
She saw the pain Of loneliness.
Her voices magic held . tear.
She made the weary ones draw near;
And all the passions Of the throne
We're melted Into peace BY songI
She took her song along the street
And hushed the beat Of passinG feesi
And tired toilers stopped 70 al
Their hearts with music at her VIII.
She sang Of rest for weary feet
OF sea- moan. and Of meadow-swoet;
Her voices pleading stil,ed the stir.
And little children wept with her;
So all thcir sorrow. grief, and pain
She softened into love again.
ehe took her song 70 those who rest
Safe In tho clasp OF natures breast,
Amid the graves, along the shore.
washed with SAT- tears f0rovermore;
And then she sang. How Lou9l How Longt
Before We hear that perfect song
That angel hymnl That mystic strain.
When those who loved shall love again,
when nfs's long struggle shall b bless
With music Of Eternal Resti
ClxnHx ecozl
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Your eyes Flowed on mo. and your dancing hair
Flew backward from damp and lofty brow;
Ny eyes dropped low before your fo9d blue stare.
The music shrieke cd and moAned-l hear it now:
hear the measured steps the swi.hins trains
That such sure ri f6s make for thouxhtleas speed,
Surging beneath the soles Of headionG swains
And Bringing them. TOO Oft to grief tndesdI
hear your heart, Wild throbbing on the curve
OF my bare arm. you uphold my weight
Through that pwift vortex with q mans hne nerve
Tho calm and glorious strength that mocks at Fate.
Not 90! For down with binding crash we To-
A passing heel has rent my nounee In twain
The Tall has burst apart my satin shoe,
Our waltz Il done. shall not dance againi
EAEL q. L1rS
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why no Loves . Hsnsiy Girl


To careless eyes she H. not fair;
This verdict careless lips declare,
And wonder why, against the charm
OF beauty vivid rich and warm.
The face they deem 20 cold and dull,
To him should DO so beautiful.
Are they too dull 70 see arightf
Hath he quicker. keener aighLf
Or 10 Il thai Indifference
Than love hath clearer, truer sensef
Nor Ii no right or wrong! Oh. say
Doth he behold her face or they
Her eyes into his own eyes shine
With strange illumining; Q BlEn
To on her brow; 4 palimpsest
To bis own gaze alone confeesed;
On him, In grAvely gracious MOOD
she smiles her souls beatitude-
This 10 the face she turns 10 him
u say not tits lovers within
That linda Il fair; nor are they dun
Who say she 10 not beautiful -r
For, strangest OF all mysteries,
They never SEQ the face he seas-
The face no Artist's skin can linn.
Tho love-fair face she turns TO him
oAnLorrA PzRzx.
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Washburnes house. the latter speaks With
rather moro consideration. = found him. he
says, |" q young man. should think about 80,
dressed like gentleman and with frank and
cordial mannsrs." Il 10 also acknowl-
edged that he was "highiy educated"
and "an excellent conyorsationalist,"
He owns, also that Oourbet, tho painter whom
he holds moro responsible than any other per
son for the destruction Of tho column VEN
dome. "had certain reputation ne an artist
Courbet was not. adds Mr.. washburne. tho
worst man In the Commune, which would seom
tolernbly evident seeing that tho Versailles
tribunal let him OF with six months' imprison-
ment and fine OF 800. We are also told Of
GuBtave Flourens. who was prominent In the
early days OF the Commune. but who was
MORALLY wounded In skirmish on April 2.
that he was "a young man OF excellent
family, an accomplished scholar. and man Of
much intelligence" Another well-known
member OF the Commune Beslay. IL pro-
nounced "one OF the best members OF that
body:" he was the son Of o member OF tho
Chamber Of Deputies, and had been himself
member. He was an engineer by profession,
and occupied himself very much with social
questions. In the Commune he was fortunate-
~ made delegate to the Bank Of France. andin
that position exercised great courage and good
management; he prevented that establish-
ment from being completely robbed" Tho
best proof Of Beslay's integrity in position
where many hundreds Of millions were ct his
disposal. IL the fact that after the fall OF the
Commune NJ. Theirs gave him safe conduct
to Switzerland.
Thus, although Mr.. Washburne 10 contin-
unlly describing tho Paris Communists In
the aggregate as brigands, yet he does not
deny that there existed some shades Of
difference between them. And In tho Inst
sentence OF the chapters allotted to this
themo he frankly acknowledges that
the movement. Of which the Commune was
the political result represented the wishes
and convictions Of an overwhelming majority
Of tho inhabitants Of Paris. What must
ever" he says. excite amazement. is tho
knowledge Of the vast number Of the people Of
Paris at this time who not only were in SYM
patty with the Commune. but who allotted and
sustained It. The minority. embracing the
better class Of Paris at this time, was COM
pletely cowed and subdued By the vast insur-
pectionary mass Of population" N. w. n.
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rorpfs ltontst nrxDrxu.
The Old oiass nssu..
No., a. ,,o,.fa,, n>w>r-<o-s

ffon Ne Ycnfhr ctN1p0pfoA ~ -
~, !,eht 4. warn on Honsn's hills (.
ssn s.': .s e dlssrrl .ssS.slss ans
o sowsry ssishtsi 3 sunlis psshsi 4.
What once y sought with glowins oheeks-
iF nan once a: sR-.ss sf; a as' ssi.na..
A pilgrim 10 the halls, alone
4 ss he pIss sias siS Hi tops rise
sio oSsp ,ss % s. i; g sSsSs ..
Above, tho blue lakes OF the skies, .it
The silent hailI bsfors &
o shaded vlndows that IseA
v bs p' ", dyss,. sad .rs ss,r N ma
Tss fStars's i iIshs spp p 81
Lawns where used % sport and play
9prinEless and snrnmeress to-day
Iwend alone ltfs,s autumn way
To class room Number -Four. mn. I.
Where are they now, where are thsy now.
And on with fsish-iIiuminsd brow.
w.ss =. i IL . saSsn. Ian ma. ne.
~ zach evening q the door FF
Ny life 10 rresn In memory yek
SS sss. G room NIX k ssiss poS
Where Sis young lie began;
And one beneath yon crimsonsd trees
Who died for Afacan.
Kind nature spreads the grass and fern
The graves Of others Ger; 80 ''.
he nsmsd.t,ppsd Leaves above them burn.
TO class room Number Four.
We toll and SOW, but only gain
Tho harvests Of our prhyera; - -
Our hopes In God alone remain
OF ali our auxtons oares. Il
TO these, a. only helps appear
The all OF learning store,
The classic l0re. the thoughts or eetra,
gathered In thuse early years.
1spent In Number Four.
The light IL low, the sunset's giow
Scarce hides the evening star,
And winds through dreamy shades below
The silver Charles nfar.
FAREWELL Oshadow-mautled hAusi
ne'er may sec You more;
Afar the voice OF duty eailA
A sombro night around me calls
And clsss room Number -Four.
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OuteoC uB bympbtnl6s Wero Win tue VICTORIOUS
invaders. and that as the war went on uc uictis
was his dominant sentiment.
Mr.. Washburne was present at the last
memorable session OF the Bonapartist Corps
Lsgislatif. when 1t was invaded by the people
and adjourned amid shouts for the deposition
OF the Napoleonic dynasty. He tells US that
Jules Favre tried to obtain the popular assent
to compromise with the imperialists and .
postponement OF the deposition. He also says
that Gambetta endeavored. although vainly. to
restore order SO that tho downfall OF the em-
pire might be accomplished In q legal way.
We learn. too. that he saw Rochefort drawn In
o cab BY roaring multitude to the Hotel de
Vile. It seems that the agitator was CHASTITY
pale" Mr.. Washburne heard Gambetta pro-
claim the republic from q window Of the
municipal palace and bears witness to the en-
thusiasm which acclaimed him.
One of the most noteworthy incidents Of the
siege was the revolution which took place on
Oct. 81. and which. at first triumphant, was In
few hours suppressed. OF this abortive ris-
ing. which is appropriately termed "the first
muttering Of the Commune" Mr.. Washburne
speaks as an eyewitness. At half past in the
afternoon Of the day mentioned he went to the
Foreign ONCE. having some important BUSH
ness to transact with M. Jules Favre; tho lat
ter. 90 he was informed. together with all the
members ofthe National Defence. had resigned.
the fact being that body Of rovolutionists
headed by Flourens and Blanqui had seized and
imprisoned them. Mr.. Washburne then pro-
ceeded to the Hotel do Vile. where. as he was
told. new Government was In process Of for
nation. When he got to tho hall OF the munici-
pality, q soldier OF Red Republican proclivities
handed him list OF the names OF the men
who were to constitute the so-called Govern
mont OF tho Commune. Tho list included.
besides Louis Blanc, some. like Deles-
CLUE. who were as yet but little
known. but who, hvo months later, were to
make themselves sufficiently notorious. Mr..
Washburne went homo that evening to the
legation convinced that the red republic was
an accomplished fact. yet by 10 o'clock on the
same evening Trochu and Jules Favre had
been released by somo OF their partisans had
rallied the army to their support. surrounded
the Hotel do Vile, and extinguished
tho Commune. When ut half past IL
that night the American Minister took
Q walk through the streets. there
was not Q trace Of tho convulsion through
which the city had Just passed. 1t now seems
astonishing that. with the experience Of Oct
h 1Fesh b thar minds. the Versaillist Authori-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-07
DEBTS OF OHIO FARMERS
They Would be Considerably De.
creased If Taxation was
More E1ual,

WASHINGTON, ID. G, March 23 -
Especial; The monthly bulletin OF
the agricultural department has AL
interesting novelty in the shape of
discussion On the debts of farmers
For Ohio the report says: In this
state decrease oI Indebtedness during
the past ten years Is reported. 1t il
estimated that one fourth OF the farms
are encumbered by mortgage to secure
debt to neighbofing farmers and bank
ers and to insurance companies and
eastern capitalists. The smaller debls
are generally due on local loans. The
rate of interest is averaged at per
cent. There are few farmers WHO
have capital employ ed i'll other busI
ness. Ohio farmers are generally III
good condition, through feeling Sc
verely the disappointment of low
prices of certain staple products.
The following statement is an ex.
tract from the report of the state agent:
While the iudebtedp ess of Ohio ILrm-
ers is no doubt very general, it is very
evident from the county records that
the amount of farm Indebtedness is IL IS
than it was ten years ago, and would
be still less if taxation We're more near
ly equaliZed in the state. Every thing
possessed by the farmer is in sight for
enumeration, aud there is lt-ss evasion
of taxation by the farmers than by any
other class of citizens. The farmer,
therefore pays his full proportion of
taxation and also a great ! ortion that
should be paid by speCulatOrs in stocks
and mortgages and other personal and
valuable effects, much of which is
never returned for taxation. More
equal taxation would enable the farmer
to apply his excess now paid in taxes
to q reduction of his Indebtedness, and
few years at most would see him
free and Independent of debt. The
extent of farmers property interests
outside of farms is very limited. A
few Ohio farmers have Investments in
western lands aud some in city pro oer-
ty, but the surplus money of wealthy
farmers rests in government aud other
good securities. There are, however
but few such farmers. Most of them
have only surplus sufficient to keep
farm matters moving along.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-07
Yau Faust Work.

Whetheryou handle a pick or pen,
q VbeelbarrOw or q set Of books, dig
ging bitches or editing a paper, ring
ing an auction bell or writing funny
things, you must work. If you look
around you, you will see that the men
who are the most able to live the resi-
of their days without work are the
mcn who work the hardest. Dent be
afraid of killing yourself with work.
i is beyond your power to do that.
Men cannot work as bard as that on
the sunny side of thirty. They
die, sometimes; but it is because they
quit wuIk ut t y. IN and don't get
hnme until = d. nj. It's the interval
that kills The work gives you an
appe tite for your n7eals it lends SO
lidity to your slumbers it gives you
perfect appreciation OF a holiday.
There are young men who do hot
wo k, tut the world is not proud Of
them. 1t does not know their names,
even it simply speaks of them as old
So ana SOS boys. Nobody likes them,
Eobody hates them; the great busy
wOrid doesn't even know that they
are there. go find out what you want
Io be and do, and pull off yoar coat
and make dust in the world. The
buster you are, the less deviitry you
will be apt to get into, the sWeeter
will be your sleep, the brighter snd
happier will he your b holidays, and the
better satisfied will be the world with
you Burdetts.
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what Makes a Good Edi-Or.

Henry WattersCn says: "Some
people estimate the ability of peri
Odical aud the talent of tho editor by
the amount it contains of original
matter. 1t is comparatively an easy
task for frothy writer to string out a
column of words upon any and all
subjects. His ideas may flow on in a
weak, washy, everlasting flood, and
the command of his language may
enable him to tie them together like q
bunch of onions, and yet his paper
may be but meager and poor concern.
Indeed. the mere writing part of ed
ijng paper is but a small portion of
the work. The. care, the time employ
ed in selecting, is far more important,
and the fact of a good editor is better
shown by his selections than anything
else and that, we know, is half the
battle.2
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-07

THE Ohio House, Saturday. March
18th, passed the Pavey Senate bill,
amending the gallon clause of the
Dow law. The bill amends Section 8,
no No to more effectually cut off gallon
sales by manufacturers or their ag gents
As amended, Section reads as fol-
lows:
The phrase trafficking in intoxi.
eating liquors." as used in this act,
means the buying or procuring and
selling of Intoxicating liquors other
wise than upon prescription issued in
good faith by reputable physician in
active practice, or for exclusively
known mechanical, pharmaceutical
or sacramental purposes, but such
phrase does not include the maaufac
fure of intoxicating liquors from the
raw material, and the sale thereof al
the mandatory, by the manufacturer
of the same, in quantities of one gal
len or more at q time.
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Cleveland Dem ocratic.

The election in Cleveland on Mon
day resulted in a complete Democratic
victory, D. B. Babcock being elected
Mayor by about 5000. The entire
city ticket and 10 of the Is Aldermen
are also elected.
CINoINNATI went Republican, the
Democrats being third party in the
race.
The Democrats carried Columbus
by about SEQ.
In Alliance the Council will be a
tie On the temperance Issue, and ths
ordinance will probably remain in
effect.
The Prohibition Amendment was
carried in Michigan by about 5000
majority. The State went Republican.
Chicago Republicans had every
thing their own way. with the modest
majority of $4,000 or s5,0 900, there be.
ing no contest by the Democrats for
Mayor.
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OBITUARY..
10 m G.. > IKE.

John Godfrey SAKE, the poet, died
at Albany, N. Y, at the residence of
his only son, Charles G. SAKE. March
3lst.- His remains were taken to
Brooklyn N. Y, where they w,re
inferred in the family lot in Green
wood Cemetery. For the last ten years
he had practically been a recluse, the
many family bereavements which he
suffered undermining his reason to
come extent.
Thirty years ago SAKE was regarded
as one of the most brilliant poets of
his day, but financial reverses and do.
nestle troubles seemed to crush out
his ambition, and lately little has been
heard of him. Mr.. SAKE was born in
Highgate, VT, June 2, 1916, and grad
uated from Middlebury college in 1889.
He was a practitioner of law in his
native State from l843 to March, 1850.
when he removed to Burlington.
where for five years he conducted the
Sentinel newspaper; in 1851 he was
State, Attorney. Since 1858 he has de.
voted himself wholly to literature and
lecturing. As lecturer and CONVEX
sationalist, he was considered one of
the most brilliant and charmingly en-.
tertaining of his day. OF fine phys.
ique, and possessing that peculiar
magnetism which draws the listener
in full appreciation and sympathy
with the emotions and expressions of
the speaker, he had few equals in
holding an audience or social circle i'm
untiring delight to the closing SEN
tence. He was at one time Democrat
ic Governor of Vermont. In 1s49 he
published volume of poems, includ
ing Progress, Satire" originally
delivered at college commencement:
and number of shorter pieces, man ?
of which originally appeared in tbr
Knickerbocker Magazine, edited by
Louis Gaylord Clark. The enlarged
edition of 1852 includes '.The Times ~
q poem delivered before the Boston
Mercantile Library Association. 9th
sr editions of his poems appeared in
1868, 1870 and 1873. In the summer of
1856 he pronounced brilliant poem
on Literature and the Times, al the
second anniversary of the New York
Free Academy. 1.-The Money King
and Other Poems" appeared in 1859 !;
Clever Stories of Many Nationsn in
1858 Poetical Works of Many Ma
tions" in 1868; "Poetical Works, -
cabinet edition, in 1864; "Masqusr.
adj" in 1866,